24 Facts About Tokyo Haneda

1. Tokyo Haneda is a major transit point offering travelers easy access to many overseas destinations.

2. Tokyo Haneda is easily accessible from the main stations within Tokyo via airport buses and other frequent public buses.

3. Tokyo Haneda would like to fly through that airspace in order to create additional capacity at Haneda.

4. Tokyo Haneda is one of the world's most important cities in terms of economic power and influence, and it serves as the corporate and communications hub for the E Pacific Rim.

5. Tokyo Haneda stores bring the goods of the world home to the domestic market.

6. Tokyo Haneda is intersected by the Sumida River and has an extensive network of canals.

7. Tokyo Haneda was particularly affected by an economic boom in Japan in the 1980s when the country emerged as a global financial center rivaling Europe and the United States.

8. Tokyo Haneda incurred heavy damage from Allied bombings in World War II, when US Air Force raids reduced large sections of the city to rubble.

9. Tokyo Haneda is located on the Pacific on the eastern coast of Honshu, the largest of the four main islands comprising Japan.

10. Greater Tokyo Haneda is the world's most populous metropolitan area and is the center of Japanese culture, finance, and government.

11. Tokyo Haneda was known as Edo until 1868, when the Japanese imperial family was moved there from Kyoto.

12. Tokyo Haneda is served by an extensive bus network, and numerous taxi companies.

13. Tokyo Haneda is served by numerous train, subway and bus lines.

14. Tokyo Haneda is linked to the rest of Japan by road, rail, and air.

15. In 1964, Tokyo Haneda hosted the summer Olympic Games and will stage the Olympics again in 2020.

16. Tokyo Haneda is the seat of the Emperor of Japan, the figurehead of Japan's constitutional monarchy, who lives in the Imperial Palace in the heart of Tokyo.

17. Tokyo Haneda is on the Kanto plain, bordering Tokyo Haneda Bay, 35 degrees 41 minutes north latitude and 139 degrees 46 minutes east longitude.

18. Tokyo Haneda is located roughly in the middle of the Japanese archipelago facing the Pacific Ocean.

19. Tokyo Haneda is the capital city of Japan, and the biggest city in Japan in terms of population and area.

20. Tokyo Haneda is often used by foreign heads of state visiting Japan, as well as by the Japanese Air Force One and other aircraft carrying government officials.

21. In March 2012, Tokyo Haneda completed a new "Premier Gate" facility for business jets, with parking available for up to 30 days.

22. Tokyo Haneda is the third-largest air cargo hub in Japan after Narita and Kansai.

23. In particular, Tokyo Haneda would offer additional slots to handle 60,000 overseas flights a year.

24. Tokyo Haneda was mainly a military and civilian transportation base used by the US Army and Air Force as a stop-over for C-54 transport planes departing San Francisco, en route to the Far East and returning flights.